Henry-Gauer response

Hen·ry-Gau·er re·sponse

(hen'rē gow'ĕr),

inhibition of antidiuretic hormone secretion due to a rise in atrial pressure that stimulates atrial stretch receptors.

Gauer,

Otto Hans, German physiologist, 1909-1979.

Henry-Gauer response - see under Henry, James Paget

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Henry,

James Paget, U.S. physiologist, 1914–.

Henry-Gauer response - inhibition of antidiuretic hormone secretion due to a rise in atrial pressure that stimulates atrial stretch receptors.